Who wants to live with one foot in hell just for the sake of nostalgia Our time is forever now.

The twisted circumstances under which we live is grist for the writing mill, the loving, hating and discovering, finding new handles for old pitchers . . .

Who wants to live with one foot in hell just for the sake of nostalgia Our time is forever now.

writing is a labor of love and also an act of defiance, a way to light a candle in a gale wind.

That's how women are, always studyin' each other and wonderin' how they look up 'gainst the next.

We think of poverty as a condition simply meaning a lack of funds, no money, but when one sees fifth, sixth, and seventh generation poor, it is clear that poverty is as complicated as high finance.

Writers are encouraged to "keep 'em laughing" and complain "with good humor" in order to "win" allies. The joke is always on ourselves.